Answer:By definition, perpendicular line are two lines that intersect at right angles. In other words, the angle made by two lines should be 90°. Therefore, the use of distance formula does not help because it only tells you if the sides are equal. It does not tell you about the intercepted angle.
A technique that can help you to know if two straight lines are perpendicular is is you find their slopes. Let's say the slope of line 1 is m1 and the slope of line 2 is m2. If m1*m2 yields a product of -1, then the lines are perpendicular. This is because if m1 is the negative reciprocal of m2, the lines are perpendicular. But if m1=m2, the lines are parallel, meaning they don't intersect at all.
Therefore, the answer is: Find the slopes and show that their product is -1.
The maximum height the ball achieves before landing is 682.276meters at t = 0.
<h3>What are maxima and minima?</h3>
Maxima and minima of a function are the extreme within the range, in other words, the maximum value of a function at a certain point is called maxima and the minimum value of a function at a certain point is called minima.
We have a function:
h(t) = -4.9t² + 682.276
Which represents the ball's height h at time t seconds.
To find the maximum height first find the first derivative of the function and equate it to zero
h'(t) = -9.8t = 0
t = 0
Find second derivative:
h''(t) = -9.8
At t = 0; h''(0) < 0 which means at t = 0 the function will be maximum.
Maximum height at t = 0:
h(0) = 682.276 meters
Thus, the maximum height the ball achieves before landing is 682.276meters at t = 0.
